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Pit Stop
Racer Thatisdifficult (thatisdifficult)
Race Number 4189
Date Sat, 20 Sep 2014 5:02:52
Speed 66 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 96.1%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents fajri88 (4th place) mizzark54 (5th place) slow_as_snail (2nd place)

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It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce a calorie of food. From the standpoint of industrial efficiency, it's too bad we can't simply drink the petroleum directly, because there's a lot less energy in a bushel of corn (measured in calories) than there is in the half gallon or so of oil required to produce it. Ecologically this is a fabulously expensive way to produce food.
— (book) by Michael Pollan (see stats)